Education: B.A. Arabic Language & Islamic studies / curriculum Dev. Specialist 
Hometown Taiz, Yemen. Ijad graduated from Sana’a University’s Faculty of Art  with a bachelor degree in Arabic language & Islamic studies  in 2005. He has worked at YCMES since 2006, and has advised numerous doctoral and master’s students from international universities. Topics for such students have ranged from Islamic history, Yemeni social hierarchical structures, to Sufism in Yemen. Ijad teaches primarily in MSA, although he is a specialist in Sana’ani and Taiz’i dialects.